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properly included en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Being a proper subset; having the property that every element of a set A is also an element of a set B, and A is not equal to B.
    • If A is a subset of B but A ≠ B, then A is said to be properly included in B. 2003, Herbert B. Enderton, Elements of Set Theory, Academic Press, page 22:

Antonyms

improperly included · equal to

Relateds

proper inclusion

Synonyms

proper subset